Bottle faucet attachment.



Patented Aug. 7, |900.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ori- TCEe HIRAM A. KNIGHT, OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE FAUCET ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 655,345,6.ated .August 7, 1900.

Application filed May 2, 1900. Serial No. 15,223. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, HIRAM A. KNIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alameda, county of Alameda, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Bottle Faucet Attachments; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a filling and faucet attachment for bottles, and it is especially designed for bottles containing etervescent liquids.

It consists of a removable threaded stopper fitting corresponding threads in the bottle-neck, having an annular iiange and washers which are pressed upon the bottle-neck by the flangel to make a tight joint. An inwardly-opening filling-'valve passes through this screw-threaded portion to enable the bottle to be charged with gas without opening. A threaded extension above the disk is adapted to receive the hollow correspondin gly-threaded cap, and a valve having a body or extension of smaller diameter within the interior of the cap is adapted to seat upon and close the central opening of the portion which lits the bottle, the valve-shank having a packing which ts closely within the hollow upward extension of the part attached to the bottle, so as to form a tight joint while the valve is moved to open or close. A hollow pipe connects with the part which tits the bottle and extends to the bottom of the bottle inside, and a curved discharge-nozzle connects with the interior of the bott-le attachment above the valve-seat.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, the gure is a vertical section through the top of the bottle, showing the attachment.

Thev object of my invention is to provide for the more perfect charging of carbonio-acid gas and the like into bottles containing liquids, whereby the latter are made efferves- `cent, and a means for withdrawing the contents ot' the bottle in small quantities as needed without injuriously reducing the 'quantity or pressure of gas in the remaining liquid, the whole being designed to operate without the removal of the stopper and connected parts.

As shown, A is the bottle, having the interior of the neck formed with screw-threads,

and 2 is a metallic stopper correspondingly threaded to tit the threads of the bottle-neck. This stopper has a flange 3 and washers 4 to lit around the part 2 beneath the liange, so that when the stopper is screwed into the bottle these washers are pressed upon the top of the neck and form a perfectly-tight joint. Above the flange 3 is a hollow screw-threaded extension 5, having a curved nozzle 6 extending outwardly from one side for the discharge of aliquid. Vithin the part 5 and below the inner end of the nozzle 6 is a suitable valveseat, vand the tubular portion of the stopper 2 has connected with it a pipe 7, whichl eX- tends down to the bottom of the bottle, so that liquidunder pressure within the bottle may be discharged through the stopper and the nozzle by opening the valve.

The valve 8 is formed at the lower endof a stem which is central within a cap 9,1eaving an annular channel between the interior of the cap and the valve-stem. The interior of the cap 9 is screw-threaded and tits upon the screw-threads of the stopper extension 5, while the valve-stem 8 extends into the cylindrical bore interior of this extension. This valve-stem has a suitable packing titting around its periphery, so that when the cap 9 is screwed down upon the threads of the extension 5 the valve-stem tits snugly within the tubular interior of 5, and when the valve is raised from its seat by partially unscrewing the cap 9 no liquid can pass around the valve -stem by reason of this packing. The liquid passing up through the pipe 7 by reason of the pressure of the confined gas will pass up through the stopper into the interior of the extension 5 and will thence discharge through the nozzle 6. Any portion of the contents of the bottle can thus be discharged and the valve afterward closed.

In order to charge the contents of the bottle with gas, I have shown a hole extending through the stopper 2 and cap 3 at one side of the extension 5. Within this hole is fitted a stem 10, having upon its lower end avalve ll, closing upwardly against the seat in the bottom of the stopper, and this valve is normally closed by means of a spiral spring 12, surrounding the stem within the hole and pressing against the head 13 on the upper ICO end of the stem. This head has small channels formed upon each side for the admission of gas when connection is made. Such connection can be made by means of a nozzle, which, being pressed upon the head, will force it downward sufficiently to allow the charging-nozzle to t closely in the hole, while lthe gas will pass through the channels on the sides of the head and will enter the tube,passing into the bottle through the opening caused by the depression of the valve. As soon as the charging-nozzle is removed the valve instantly closes, leaving the whole bottle hermetically sealed and in condition for the discharge of its contents, as previously described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a bottle having a screw-threaded neck of a tubular stopper having corresponding threads, a iiange and washers to form a tight joint, a valve-seat interior to the stopper and an extension upwardly from the flange with exterior screwthreads, a cap fitting and turnable upon said `threads, a valve-stem extending from the top of the cap downwardly having a valve upon its lower end adapted to close upon the seat terior of the stopper extension, and a discharge-pipe opening upon the side of the extension between the flange and the cap.

2. The combination with a bottle of a tu bular screw threaded stopper tting corresponding threads in the bottle-neck having a flange and washer to form a joint with the top of the bottle, and a tubular extension above and below the stopper, a cap having a central and packed valve-stem, a valve at its lower end closable upon a seat within the stopper, said cap forming an exteriorscrewthreaded sleeve fitting corresponding threads upon the outside of the stopper extension, a means for charging the bottle, consisting of an inwardly-opening spring-pressed valve having a stem extending through the stopper, and a cap upon the upper end with admissionchannels formed upon each side thereof.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HIRAM A. KNIGHT.

Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, JEssIE C. BRonin. 

